Few parents in world football have experienced a more colorful life than Claire Rowlands, the supporting mother of five who made 'everything possible' for one of the best talents of the Premier League in Manchester City star Phil Foden.
From having rows with neighbors about her 'fireworks' in Disneyland style to being kicked out of a Wales nightclub because she breaks down the hat of a man, she has regularly found herself in the public eye within her family, she is the caring pillar in force for Foden and his four brothers and sisters Callum, Kenzi, Lois and Avayah.
Rowlands, 44, became shameful the subject of common songs of Manchester United during the Limpe 0-0 pat position on Sunday in Old Trafford, because FODEN was the target of sections of the home support that called her an 'S ** g' before his replacement in the 58th minute.
Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola insisted after the game that Red Devils' fans' is ashamed 'for himself for showing a' lack of class', and acknowledges the crucial role that Rowlands played in raising and cherishing one of the best players in the club.
In the meantime, Foden easily placed a reaction of three words on social media in the aftermath of the derby, who reads on Instagram: “We keep going”.
However, he dismissed the group of supporters who sang out during match with a series of sarcastic gestures – firstly an ironic applause before they raised a thumb, clearly disgusting with the Taunts of the stands.
Although it is true, FODEN has difficulty replicating the sensational form that he has shown the last few seasons in the Etihad, with the last campaign of one PFA player of the year on the way to the fourth consecutive Premier League title of Manchester City, few stars are better on their day.
By the end of 2017, just a year after Foden was broken on stage as a teenager in City, the young midfielder thanked his mother Claire and Manchester United Supporting Father Phil Foden Sr. For the support they gave him during his journey to football.
'Family', read the moving message on Instagram. “Thanks to my mother and father who made all this possible.”
The separation of the intensity of football with silent family Tijd is of great importance for Foden, who likes to relax with unusual hobbies such as fishing and collecting stickers.
From her interview with the Telegraph four years ago, it is clear that Rowlands understands her son's desire to get everything – so that only the songs of Sunday at Old Trafford can be tolerated the harder.
“I think it's great for a football player to relax all the stress,” said Rowlands. 'I don't really get (fishing), but Phil and his father love it. As soon as he takes his rod out, there is no back. '
“Me and his father have Facetimed when he was gone with England last month and he was doing his sticker books in his room,” she added.
“I think he has about four on the way. Panini, Match Attax. It is hysterical. It's a good thing, don't get me wrong, but he is so obsessed with football. '
Now a parent for three children, including Social Media Star Ronnie and daughter True, which he shares with long-term girlfriend Rebecca Cooke, family-man Foden has opened up about what it's like to be a father.
“I like to be older,” he told GQ last month. 'If things are not going well, if you have not won, you don't think you have played well, it helps to go home to your children – just to see them smiles and kidding, certainly helps me.
“It gives you the feeling that there is more in life than football.”
Although Foden has tried over the years to enjoy a quiet life away from the football field with family, Rowlands is no stranger to colorful moments in public interest.
In January 2024, images were released of Rowlands that were placed in handcuffs and thrown from a Welsh night club after she had hit a hat of the head of a fellow party party.
The incident, which took place in a Bentley nightclub in Towyn, Wales, took place on September 9, 2023, only a few hours after Foden came from the bank to play for England in a euro 2024 qualification.
The clip of 52 seconds, shown before the court, had Rowlands aggressively confronted with police officers who were called on the spot.
She challenged the officers and said: 'Then continue, what did I do? Don't get into my face unless you have proof. '
Rowlands was released from mistreatment and was fined for her behavior after she admitted to the police: 'I don't drink often, but when I do that, I will make time. I'm like an animal. '
The footballer's mother had enjoyed a night out with friends and ended up with the downing of shots of Wodka and Tequila before she showed off her 'party trick' to add a man's hat, it was told that the magistrates of Llandudno Magistraten was told.
The night started when she was invited for a caravan with two of her friends as a postponement of care for her youngest son, who is disabled and needs care 24 hours a day.
She said to the court: 'The plan was just to go out, to laugh, let us down and enjoy her. We went to the caravan, had a few cans, washed our hair and were all dressed. '
The group went to a bar on the caravan site and 'had some fun, what Karaoke do and let all the old people dance on Motown'.
The group later went to Sunny's in the city – followed by the adjacent nightclub Bentley's – where Rowlands said she drank shots from Tequila and Vodka before she was asked to camp out that accused her of attacking someone.
Magistrates were shown CCTV images of the club who showed that Rowlands hit a baseball cap from Paul Shortman's head and then tried to put it back.
Rowlands told the court that she just had a 'bit of fun' and did not intend to hurt the man when she tried to set up his cap again.
She said: “I was drunk. It was just a bit fun, a little chat. I just couldn't believe that I could get into trouble because I had abolished someone's cap. It is my party trick that eliminates a person's cap and turns it on again.
“I meant no damage or to hurt him and you can see that on the video. It was just a bit of a chat that was taken in the wrong direction. '
Two years earlier, Rowlands was attacked during a boxing match between Kell Brook and Amir Khan, described in an incident as 'shocking and terrible' by Manchester City.
Social Media images showed an attacker who bumped Foden's mother backstage after the city star had been harassed and verbally abused in a corridor in the AO -Arena of Manchester.
Foden was subjected to a series of obscenities, including a homophobic slur, and was returned to the family's private lounge.
The incident escalated, which made Rowlands shocked in the face. Another member of the FODen group later took a fire extinguisher when they tried to defend the player.
In November last year, as exclusively revealed by Mail Sport, Rowlands Buren Van Streek with a 'deafening two hours of fireworks' in the back garden of her house in Leafy Cheshire.
Residents in the chic lane in Prestbury had to calm terrible pets and babies when the 'Display Standard' pyrotechnics started and claimed that they were not a warning from the event that lasted from 6 pm to 8 pm in the morning.
One of the neighbors, who lives close by, said: 'It must have cost thousands.
'They would not have looked out at the New Year's Eve celebrations in the Sydney Harbor Bridge or in Disneyland!
'Not that the neighbors were impressed. Most were worried about their pets. '